Refrigerating apparatus



M J. GOULOOZE REFRIGERATING ABPARATU S Filed March 30, 1934 b m2 w 4 um0 6 J m 2 fl ATTORNEY.

Q Pate'nted Oct. 12, i937 r l 2995 311.

. 4 UNITED s ATEs PATENT- OFFICE f Martin J. GouloozenGrand Rapids. Michassignor to Kelvinator Corporation, Detroit, Mich, a corporation ofMichigan Application March 30, 1934, Serial No. 718,188

' 2 Claims. (01. 312- 174) B This invention relates to ref-rigeratdrsand more porting articles while other articles are being particularly toauxiliary shelves for receiving and placed into or removed fro m' therefrigerator. supporting articles while other articles are being 'Thepresent invention relates to an auxiliary shelf placedinto or removedfrom the refrigerator. I which is slidably moved bythe swinging .move-In placing articles into or removing them from ment of the door into andout of its operative ara refrigerator, it is frequently necessary tomove ticle supporting position.

. otherarticles out of-the way while this is being Referring to theaccompanying drawing in done. Often times, there is no readily availablewhich like numerals refer to like parts throughplace for the temporarilyremoved articles because out the several views, I have shown arefrigerator 1 of the crowded condition of the shelves, and it is havinga win in door III and a shelf I2. The then necessary to place sucharticles at another shelf I2 is preferably provided with downwardlylocation which may be a considerable distance extending portions l3which carry apair of 019-. from the refrigerator. This is frequently agreat positely disposed horizontal guide elements It, as inconvenienceto the housewife or other person. S own in Fi u e T e guide e t One ofthe obiects -of the present invention ever,may be mounted in any othersuitable manis to provide a refrigerator with a readily accesner. v r Ysible auxiliary shelf on which articles tempora- The guide elements l4slidably support the aux rlly removed during thev placing intoor removal'iliaryg shelf P5 of the present invention which is of other articlesfrom the refrigerator, may be slidably movable thereon from theinoperative quickly and conveniently disposed. position illustrated inFigure 3 to the extended 2 Another object is to provide an auxiliaryshelf operative position illustrated in Figure 2. which is made readilyavailable for use bythe' The shelf l5 here shown, is in the form of aopening of the refrigerator door. grid or grill like element. having atransverse slide Another object is to provide an auxiliary shelf rodportion it at its forward n T e shelf 5. of the character describedwhich is slidably h w av' of any other suitabl construc- 25 mountedwithin the refrigerator and which is aution.

tomatically moved into and out of article sup-.- Associated with theshelf i5 is a swingable acporting position by the swinging movement ofthe tuating arm H which functions when the door ll,

- refrigerator door. is .ppenecl to slide the shelf Hi from below theWith the above and other objects in view, the shelf 12 to its extended po 30 present inventionconsists in certain features of 'The arm I1 ispreferably provided with a down construction and combinations of partsto be turned Portion -W 1S j u nal e i 11 hereafterdescribed withreference to the accom- Porting bracket secured to the the 0D- panyingdrawing, and thenclaimed. v posite end of the arm I'l being bifurcatedto pro- In the accompanying drawing which illustrates v e pa ed p oj t os 2| dispos d t pp 35 a suitable embodiment of the invention; sides ofthe rod portion Hi.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a refrigerator Surrounding t w turnedP01151011 is showing the door open and the auxiliary shelf in coil p in20 having d a c e v the article receiving position; bracket l9. and itsoppositev end, engaged with 40 v Figure 2 is a transverse section takenthrough m l j h iFhh tensign 0f the pr tnds 40 the refrigerator abovethe auxiliary shelf shown to w g h arm outwardly toward the (1001' l 'inFigure 1; When the refrigerfior door llis swung open,

the' tension of the coil spring 20 is increased due Figure 3 is a viewsimilar to Figure 2, the re W f'rigerator door being closed and theshelf being i to the resistance of the shelf I5 to sliding moveinitsinoperative position; ment, thus causing the arm I! to swing outwardlyFigure 4 is an enlarged fragmentary front view through t e d o pe i oneof t e projections of the refrigerator shown in Figure 1, more clear- 1'0f the arm in vthe r po n 6 and ly showing the auxiliary shelf and itsoperating Sliding he u l y Shelf o ts I e ended means; and articlereceiving position as indicated in Figure 2, Figure 5 is'an enlargedperspective view of the so that when it is desired to place articlesinto or shelf actuating arm and supporting br k t, remove them from therefrigerator, those articles In my copending application, Serial No.718,18'7 which y he in may be e e y filed March 30th, 1934, I have shownauxiliary' disposed onthe shelf l5. 5 shelves or the swingable typesuitable for sup- The shelf l5 isso shaped that when the door H guidemeans mounted within the food compartis being moved to its closedposition, the door engages with the rod portion l8 and slides the shelfIE to its inoperative position as indicated in Figure 3.

The actuating arm I! if desired may be omitted and the auxiliary shelf Imoved manually to its extended article receiving position, upon theopening of the door.

While I have shown, the arm supporting bracket l9 as being mounted onthe door, it is to be understood that it may be mounted to therefrigerator side wall and the spring continuously tensioned so that thespring causes the shelf to slide to its operative position whenever thedoor is opened.

The shelf arrangement is simple in construction and occupies a verysmall space within the refrigerator food compartment. Furthermore, theauxiliary shelf is conveniently located for receiving articles, whileother articles are being placed into or removed from the refrigerator,and is quickly and easily moved to and from its operative articlereceiving position.

Aside from the specific embodiment of the invention herein shown anddescribed, it will be understood that numerous details of theconstruction may be altered or omitted without departing from'the spiritand scope of the invention.

What I claim is: 1. Thecombination with a cabinet having a door openingand a door for closing the same, of

merit of the cabinet, an auxiliary shelf slidably carried by said guidemeans, said shelf having a transversely extending rod portion, a bracketsecured to said door, a swingable arm having an end portion hinged tosaid bracket and spaced projections at-the opposite end thereof disposedat opposite sides of said rod portion for engagement therewith, and acoil spring surrounding said first mentioned end portion and having oneend engaged with said bracket and the other end engaged with said armwhereby upon opening movement of said door said spring is tensioned andslidably, moves said shelf to extended article supporting position.

2. The combination with a cabinet having an open doorway, a door forclosing said doorway, guide means mounted in said cabinet, a shelfslidably disposed on said guide means, a slide rod secured transverselyon the end of said shelf adjacent the door, a bracket secured to saiddoor,

force tending to move the slidable shelf outwardly when said door isopened. v MARTIN J. GOULOOZE.

